Locking device for savings deposit boxes



A Oct. 9, 1923. l470,36@

M. L. HAFER ET AL LCKING DEVICE FOR SAVINGS DEPOSIT BOXES Filed June 30. 1922 ATTORNEYS.

425 tailed description.

LCUKING DEVCE SAVINGS DEPGST BOXES,

Application filed June 20, 1922. Serial No. 571,9l`.

To @all 107mm it' may conce/n Y Be it known that we, MYnoN LYMAN Hoeren and JULns HARRY Rosnnnno, both citizens of the llnited States, and both re- 5 siding` in the city and county oi lhiladelphia, State or" Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Locking Device ttor Savings Deposit Boxes, of which the following` is a,v s'1 )eciiication. i y

@ur invention consists oi a novel coin struction oi a locking device for a sa rings deposit. box which can be cheaply constructed, is not liable to get out oi order and is provided with a bottoni closure of novel l5 construction which is readily loclred and unlocked by a simple appliance adapted to be threaded into the lower portion oi' tle loching device whereby looking; `tongues are bowed or deflected so as to enable ready cess to be had to the interior of the locking` device.

lt further consists oil1 other novel features oi construction and admotage all as Will hereinafter inore 'fully appear in the de- For the purpose ot illustrating our invention, we have shown in the accompanying drawings typical embodiment thereof which is at present preferred by us, since it 30 will give in practice satisfactory and reliable results, although it is to be understood that the various instrumentalities or" which our invention consists can be variously arranged and organized and that our invention is not limited to the precise an rangement and organization of these instrunientalitics as herein shown and described.

Figure 1 represents vertical sectional view oit a locking device, embodying our invention, showing the normal position o'lnthe parts when the locking; device is in closed or locked position.

Figure 2 represents a section similar to Figure l. showingl the position and ,inanner oi applyingY the unlocking ineinber and the vgeneral relative position orf the parts when it is desired to unlock the locking device or to have access to the interior ther-ect. 50 Figure 8 represents a series of perspective vieivsishoiving the various elements comprising` the locking` device in detached position and the manner oit assembling the saine.

Figure l represents a side elevation of the loclinp; rod or stein eniiloyed in detached position.

`We employ an outer casing or Similar nuinerals oi reference indicate corresponding1 parts.

Referring` to the drawings,

ln. the construction ot our lockingv device, 4 bodynl 'which is preferably composed of the cylindrical or other Wall 2 having` the closed top 3 provided with the slot ll for the insertion oiI the coins, said top having` the central hole 5 through which the locking` rod or sten/1 G inserted7 said stein having` the cylindrical body 7.,. above which is the milled or .lfnurled head 8 said stein terminating in the threaded terminal 9a .viose 'function will be hereafter referred to.

rlhe bottoni end of vthe casingl 2 is open and when the parts are assembled is closed by the disc l() having; the central hole therein. The studs i2 are provded i, heads and are secured in the top ogt the "s l0 and pass through the holes 13 ot th transverse bar ll which has the central. hoi l5 through its central straight portion it.

17 designates a plug havingl vthe shoulder 18 and the upward extensie 'i9 'which is e); ternally 'thre yLed and when assembled pas@Y through the hole l5 or' the bar 'lll and the hole 20 of the disc. 2l, which has the radial cuts 22 therein iorinin j the resilient tongues 23, Whose enfls project slightly beyond the periphery oi the disc 2l. 25 designates a nut adapted to enjage the threaded extension 10, which has ythe threaded hole 2G therethrough.

The manner of assembling 'the various eleinents comprisingr the closure iior the bottom of the banlz.Y 'will be readily understood from Figure 3, the parts when in assembled position iuopearingas indicated in Figure 1, wherein the tongues 23 are shovn as engaging the annular internal projecting flange 27. rlhe coins are dropped into the slot e, as is customary, and when the bank is Vfull or it is desired to obtain access to the interior thereof7 it only necessary for the threaded end 9 oi the stein or rod 6 to be inserted through the hole ll in the bottoni disc l0 and screwed into the internally threaded bore 26 ot the plu;` Y1 as indicated in Fir' 2. As the shoulder 23 of the bod 'f 7 coin acis wir; Yie i lcoin o" re re ative v sur' t l Jh tl lott ith l* lJ (titl disc .l0 andthe threaded stein 9 is screwed vinto engagement with the threaded hole 26 l ends or the tongues Q@ l is then'inserted thi-ouen Vsliv'l'itlT bowed as seen in lliure 2 and the CD 3 1 1 tongues assuine tne ooWed or will also lieXed position seen i i Figure 2, so that 'the i are disengaged troni the Piange 275 vwhereupon the bottoni olosure o the bank comprising the discs 2l and 1C and their udjui'iets can be readily removed or withdrawn downWardl7 and outwardlgv i1" a unit; Y Y

vVhen it is desired to insert the'bottoia closure in place it Wi be apparent 'that the saine can be readilyineerted and when 'the threaded stem 9 is screwed ont r V rig g l?. the parti' nient with the pli L es seen in Figiire l. and tie bottoni oi t. Y banl will closed so that no access cui had to the interior thereof.

The bottoni dise l0 rits nieelj,T int-o the eountenbore Q9, and the heads o the studs l2 hold the dise O in position Awith respect to the bar 11i. `while the plus` and nut i736 hold the'bar l-l and the dise in assenibled vposition a unit.

o will be understood that when it is de sired to look the bottoni of the baule. vthe disks 2l and 'iO and. their adiur ser-ted in the bottoni and rie io i in derive sembled position by other lneai s equivalent to that shown, since it Will be apparent that the nut may be dispensed with vand the upper end of the threaded extension ,i9 riveted upon the disk 21, it desired.

It will now be apparent that we have devised a novel and useful lookingl ueviceior a savings eeposit box7 which embodies the features of ad itage enumerated desin able in the statement of the invention the aboi-'e description, and While We havel` in the present instance. slioivn andV described preferred embodiments thereoi which will give in practice satisfactory and reliable results it will be understood that the saine is susceptible of modification in VVarious particulars Without departing trornthe spirit or scope of the invention or sa rilieing. any or its advantages.

i Havino' thus describedl our invention, What K Y ^^b 'We olaiin as new Yand desire to secure by Letters Patent, isgl. A vsavings deposit box comprising a casing Closed at its top and open at its boteem@ i rom the bottoniY of sai. sil tongues, said disl;v closing,` the! lower poi' of said easing.

p 2. Si sanng's deposit box comprising' :using closed its top and open at its bottoni, an inner projection on the lower portion of said easing, a -bie inner Clisi; having resilient tongues engaging said projeetion7 an out/e' relatively stir disl; ilfo'rni-v a closure for the bottoni ol "ail f'asin member' oar-riet an outerrotary Vreaded ui adaptet to eng said theaded S0 dei; said tongues so as to enable A be disengaged from said proie ion 3. A. Closure for a bank, comprising` a bottoni dislz a transverse bar haring lholes in its ends. s uds eoin'iuon to d bar and 85 disl'r a n disk having' radiating slr-ts a V i "in .i li, lv eenibled osition, an internall7 "threaded plug, and a threadei stein adapte 90l the threaifled bore oi raid plu() 'l ,7. te

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portion of said Caving, a flexible uis resilient tongues engaging sind proj .2 ti 1 rated troni the bottfin ot 100 exinp; said tongues9 ..d Casin atransv i'exible disk and hariw studs eoi'nnion to said holes and s holding` said b- Y bled position threaded stein eng` ingl the thi' aded bore of said plug' and with a shoulder b airing on vthe i Y said outer disk. so that upon the rotatie tongues Willhee l troni said projo deposit bof: ooi

'9 outer lisl, plug flexible disk in assei and diseugj 5. il sari .I Casing', closed at its top and open at its ,an inner projection o the tion or" said easingl resilient tong; es an outer di said disks for monedas a unit.

'MYRON L. -AFFP JULES H. RSENBL lVitnesses: Y Ehrmann Fi-inanns,

C. D. Moll-LY. 

